Stephen hedges



STEPHEN HEDGES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED TABLE AND CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 10,740, dated April 4, 1854.

To all whom it may concern j Be it known that I, STEPHEN I-IEDGES, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulPiece of Furniture, Intended to Serve as a Table Alone or as Chair andTable Combined; and I d0 hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichFigure l, is a side elevation of this improved piece of furniture, as itappears when used as a table; Fig. 2, a vertical transversesection,showing the` manner in which the chair and table are combined; Fig. 3, atop `view of the same, the'table moved apart to form an entrance to thechair.

Similar' letters of reference in each of the several figures indicatecorresponding parts.

The nature of my invention consists in dividing a table into two parts;one of which parts forms a smaller table and the other a chair, hingedto the smaller table at one side; the part forming the smaller table,having a fixed top, to which the top of the other part is hinged in theform of a flap, at the line of junction, so as to be capable of beingthrown back on'the fixed part of the top, or of being turned over on thechair, which is of proper height to receive it on a level with the topof the part forming the smaller table.

When the two parts are brought close together, and the flap is turnedover the chair, the table thus formed presents the appearance of anordinary table; but when the flap is thrown over the fixed part of thetop,

the chair is exposed, and the smaller table is complete in itself,forming a convenient writing table with an attached seat.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

A A', represents the frame or body of a table, which is made intwohalves, A, and A', and hinged at the line of junction, as shown inFigs. 2 and 8, so that one of the parts may be moved outward on thecenter, C, and thereby form an opening on the opposite side, or movedinward after having been opened and used and again closed together. Onone of these parts is a fixed pin, f, and a small hook e, situated onthe other, by which the two parts, A, A', can 55 be secured together.The frames, A, and A', are supported by legs D', D', D, D, so placedthat two are fixed at the line of junction of said frames, A, A', andthe other legs being situated so as to support the opposite ends of thetwo halves, A, A'. In the interior of one of the halves, A', is fixed aseat, E, which may be of the form of an arm chair, and be made to serveas such. L, may represent a drawer attached to t-he table.

B, B1, are the top pieces of the halves, A, A1, hinged at the line ofjunction, one of which being secured firmly to its rest, while the otheris simply laid over the top of the chair, and is susceptible of beingeither thrown on the top of the secured leaf, B, or turned over on thehalf A', which forms a chair.

The operation is as follows: Supposing the parts are close together, theiizap turned over the chair, the table thus formed presents theappearance of an ordinary table, as shown in Fig. l, now by raising up,and throwing over the top piece, B', the seat which was covered, isexposed; the smaller table attached to it is formed and completed,having the top pieces, B, and B', for its top, which latter B', may setinclined for the comfort of being used as a writing table. An entranceis secured to the chair by raising the hook, e, and turning the smallerV table on its hinge in the arc of a circle, horizontally. After thecombined chair is closed, and the hook, e, is thrown over the pin, f, bywhich the frames of the table are locked and secured together, then thetop piece B', is thrown over the top of the chair, and gives theappearance of an ordinary table. This method of construct-ing andcombining a chair and table doesnot increase the size of the table, norinjure and alter its external appearance in theleast; but it economizesspace and secures convenience.

What I claim as lny invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

The manner herein described, of rendering a table of ordinaryconstruction, susceptible of beingV combined with a chair, and of beingused as a smaller stand or writing desk and chair combined, byconstructing the table in two sections, and jointing said sectionstogether-one of which forms a chair With a iap or removable top; ingdesk and chair Combined or after it has and the other, a stand, smallertable, or Writbeen used as such, substantially as herein ing desk With astationary top, having the described and set forth.

flap of the chair hinged to it,-one end of STEPHEN HEDGES. 5 eachsection being jointed together by a Vitnesses:

hinge, upon which the chair turns When it is S. H. WALES, desired to usethe table as a stand, or Wi'it- JNO. W. HAMILTON. l

